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University of Connecticut
Thursday, December 15, 2022
Scientists express concerns that an often fatal disease infecting Connecticut's domestic rabbit population may spread to the species' wild counterparts and have disastrous consequences.
Tags: Biodiversity, rabbits, UCONN, Connecticut, pathogen
Handwritten sheet music inspired by Earth’s Wild Music by Kathleen Dean Moore, Ph.D. (Chris Zatarain)
Planet Forward Correspondent | University of Arizona
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
An original composition of electro-acoustic art music scored for English horn and fixed media featuring field recordings and narration. The piece explores the complicated emotions that may arise from living in a time of anthropogenic climate change.
Tags: audio, music, ecomusic, environmental music, environmental art, climate grief, climate anxiety
Shoreline cliffs at Royal National Park, New South Wales, Australia. (Photos by Joshua Rosenstein/Middlebury College)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Middlebury College
Monday, October 17, 2022
Royal National Park provides a compelling example of how national parks around the world can better preserve Indigenous cultures.
Tyrell McClain holds up a clump of soil on McGinley Ranch while discussing the high biodiversity under the surface of the ground on September 17, 2022. (Dr. Imani Cheers/Planet Forward)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Tuesday, October 04, 2022
An interview with Vice President of Ranch Operations at Turner Enterprises, Mark Kossler, about the benefits, challenges, and future of sustainable agriculture.
Tags: agriculture, ranching, soil, Biodiversity, bison, research, science, growing soil
(Hudson Hintze/Unsplash License)
SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Exploring the world of climate youth activism and the benefits that participation in environmental activities has on young people.
The author on Crane Beach in Massachusetts on a cold and rainy day. (Photo courtesy Lisa Pemstein)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Monday, November 14, 2022
Climate Hits Home | Sea-level rise is threatening Crane Beach, Massachusetts: An important source of local revenue, an essential nesting site for Piping Plovers, and my life-long happy place.
Tags: New England, Beaches, coastal flooding, Climate Hits Home, essay, coastal erosion
There are about 3500 bison at McGinley Ranch in Nebraska. (Dr. Imani Cheers)
Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University
Monday, October 31, 2022
In this video, bison ranchers at McGinley Ranch in the Sandhills of northern Nebraska discuss building soil health as the key to healing the land and generating a profit.
“Killer whales are apex predators, the dominant animals in these waters," explains Christine West, a naturalist aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion. This means their health reflects that of the entire habitat, as pollutants at every trophic level will travel up the food web and into these organisms. By the time these impacts are visible, however, it may be too late for a simple, one-size-fits-all solution. (Mike Harris/Lindblad Expeditions)
UC Berkeley
Monday, September 17, 2018
In story three of our Stories of Alaska series, we hear from a Lindblad Expeditions naturalist, who talks about living and working in a place where people see the consequences of their actions in real time.
Tags: Storyfest 2018, storyfest winner, Alaska, Lindblad Expeditions, harvest, protection
UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group
Monday, March 30, 2015
Feeling hungry on your run? Stop and pick some oxalis, the pretty yellow flowers with green clover-shaped leaves, growing along the sidewalk for a quick energy boost.
Tags: weeds, urban farming, foraging
Graphics and photos courtesy of Brandon Wood.
UC Berkeley
Monday, February 26, 2018
Berkeley grad students are creating and implementing consolidated guidelines for environmental groups based on successful action strategies.